Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to adopt an amendment to HR 1735 that prohibits the lesser prairie chicken and the American burying beetle from being listed as threatened or endangered.

Highlights:

• Prohibits the lesser prairie chicken from being listed as a threatened or endangered species before January 31, 2021.

• Requires the Secretary of the Interior to monitor and report annually to Congress on the progress of conservation efforts of the lesser prairie chicken under the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Range-Wide Conservation Plan of the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, known as the Range-Wide Plan, and all related conservation agreements, state and federal conservation programs, and private conservation efforts.

• Prohibits the lesser prairie chicken from being listed as a threatened or endangered species after January 31, 2021, unless the secretary publishes a determination, based on scientific evidence, that conservation efforts have not achieved the conservation goals established by the Range-Wide Plan.

• Prohibits the American burying beetle from being listed as a threatened or endangered species.

Full Bill Text

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